To decay
קָמֵלStrong’s H7060qamal (qa-mal)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qamal is the Hebrew word usually translated “wither” and “it has withered”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.”
Meaning
- To be decayed, be withered(Qal) to moulder, be withered
How it's translated
- they will wither 1
- it has withered 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
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Hebrew dictionary
קָמֵל qamal · to decay
1) to be decayed, be withered 1a) (Qal) to moulder, be withered
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “decay” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DECA'Y, verb intransitive
[Fr. dechoir, from Latin de and cado, to fall, or decedo.]
- To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to a less perfect state, or towards destruction; to fail; to decline; to be gradually impaired.
- To become weaker; to fail; as, our strength decays, or hopes decay
All definitions and other forms of “decay”
DECA'Y, verb transitive
To cause to fail; to impair; to bring to a worse state.
DECA'Y, noun
- Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or any species of excellence or perfection; decline to a worse or less perfect state; tendency towards dissolution or extinction; a state of depravation or diminution.
- Declension from prosperity; decline of fortune.“If thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay” Leviticus 25:35
- Cause of decay
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.